Pusha-T
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About Pusha-T

Terrence Thornton (born May 13, 1977), better known by his stage name Pusha-T, is an American hip hop recording artist from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He currently serves as the President of Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music label.

Pusha T has described his music as being “high taste level, luxury, street hip hop [that’s] lyric-driven”. He further elaborated that he’s “always trying to recreate an emotion and a feeling that resonates in the streets”.

Pusha has an intricate style of rhyming, typically coupling up to four bars together with dense wordplay. His delivery was faster and sharper in his Clipse days since he only ever rapped 16 bars. Once he went solo, Pusha’s delivery changed significantly. His favorite rappers are The Notorious B.I.G. and Big Daddy Kane who he cites as influences – and has a knack of working with the industry’s best producers. Collaborators include: The Neptunes, Kanye West, The-Dream, Nottz, DJ Don Cannon and Hudson Mohawke. As his solo career progressed, Pusha’s unique ability to rap over unorthodox beats gave him an opportunity to work in electronic music. See Hudson Mohawke’s “Chimes Remix” and Yogi’s “Burial.”

King Push spoke to Genius and broke down some of his classic lines, including his famous “yuugh” ab-lib.